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Rosemount council adopts one-year moratorium, study on new data centers
Summary
The Rosemount City Council voted 4–0 to adopt an interim ordinance imposing a one-year moratorium on new data centers while staff, the planning commission and council study cumulative impacts such as water, power and noise and consider updates to land-use regulations.
The Rosemount City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an interim ordinance that pauses new data-center applications for up to one year while the city studies cumulative impacts and considers updates to development rules.
City staff presented the ordinance as a temporary, study-focused action intended to allow the existing data center under construction to be completed and to give residents, planning commissioners and the council time to review regional best practices and any forthcoming statewide legislation. "This proposed action is a pause," City staff member Mr. Kingburger said, describing the ordinance as an opportunity to "review these types of projects and review our current regulations…
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